Meanings
nounseedling (plural seedlings)
plural seedlings
- Any young plant, especially:
- agricultureA variety that originated from a volunteer that grew ferally from a seedling (sense 1) and was discovered, named, and subsequently propagated via grafting. (In some cases the parent variety is known.)
a seedling apple
2 more examples
a chance seedling
The Ambrosia is a seedling of Jonagold.
Synonyms: kernel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA variety that originated from a volunteer that grew ferally from a seedling (sense 1) and was discovered, named, and subsequently propagated via grafting. (In some cases the parent variety is known.)
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Arabic شَتْلَة
- شَتْلَة (šatla)young plant grown from seed
Bulgarian разсад
- разсад (razsad)young plant grown from seed
Chinese Mandarin 實生苗 /实生苗, 苗
- 實生苗 /实生苗 (shíshēngmiáo)young plant grown from seed
- 苗 (miáo)young plant grown from seed
Dutch zaailing
- zaailingyoung plant grown from seed
Esperanto kreskaĵo, plantido
- kreskaĵoyoung plant grown from seed
- plantidoyoung plant grown from seed
Finnish taimi
- taimiyoung plant grown from seed
French semis
- semisyoung plant grown from seed
German Sämling, Setzling
- Sämlingyoung plant grown from seed
- Setzlingyoung plant grown from seed
Greek φιντάνι
- φιντάνι (fintáni)young plant grown from seed
Hungarian hajtás, palánta
- hajtásyoung plant grown from seed
- palántayoung plant grown from seed
- magoncyoung plant grown from seed
Indonesian benih
- benihyoung plant grown from seed
Italian germoglio, germinello
- germoglioyoung plant grown from seed
- germinelloyoung plant grown from seed
Japanese 実生
- 実生 (mishō)young plant grown from seed
Latvian stāds
- stādsyoung plant grown from seed
Malay anak benih, anak tumbuhan
- anak benihyoung plant grown from seed
- anak tumbuhanyoung plant grown from seed
Persian خوید, نهال
- خوید (xid)young plant grown from seed
- نهال (nahâl)young plant grown from seed
Polish sadzonka, rozsada
- sadzonkayoung plant grown from seed
- rozsadayoung plant grown from seed
Portuguese muda
- mudayoung plant grown from seed
Punjabi ਪਨੀਰੀ
- ਪਨੀਰੀ (panīrī)young plant grown from seed
Romanian răsad
- răsadyoung plant grown from seed
Russian са́женец, се́янец
- са́женец (sáženec)young plant grown from seed
- се́янец (séjanec)young plant grown from seed
Scottish Gaelic ògan
- òganyoung plant grown from seed
Spanish pimpollo, plántula
- pimpolloyoung plant grown from seed
- plántulayoung plant grown from seed
Swedish groddplanta
- groddplantayoung plant grown from seed
Tagalog punla
- punlayoung plant grown from seed
Tamil நாற்று, முளை
- நாற்று (nāṟṟu)young plant grown from seed
- முளை (muḷai)young plant grown from seed
Thai ต้นอ่อน
- ต้นอ่อน (dtôn-ɔ̀ɔn)young plant grown from seed
Turkish fide, çöğür
- fideyoung plant grown from seed
- çöğüryoung plant grown from seed
Welsh eginblanhigyn
- eginblanhigynyoung plant grown from seed
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APA
seedling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seedling
MLA
“seedling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seedling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seedling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seedling.
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